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A website with ideas for general music educators to build and create homemade music instruments. Culturally relevant music education must pay special attention to the exploration of sound through the available resources.

This website provides directions on how to create numerous musical instruments. Using common and inexpensive items, you can follow directions to create instruments such as juice can shakers and jingle bracelets.

This website provides directions on how to create numerous musical instruments. Using common and inexpensive items, you can follow directions to create instruments such as juice can shakers and jingle bracelets.

I use this resource when students are unable to participate in a performance or other activity. They are given the directions from this website (as well as others) to create their own instruments!

For any of educators brave enough to tackle homeade instruments in class, this site is great for step-by-step instructions on how to do so. Here, you can find 8 homeade instruments to create with your music students. The istructions are fairy simple to follow. I attempted this once while making homeade maracas with foil paper and rice. The instruments were fun, but the project was very messy. Perhaps, I can give it a shot again using these simpler techniques!

This website provides the materials and step-by-step instructions required to create several simple homemade musical instruments using household materials.

This webpage provides a great visual and aural example of the harmonic series. Utilizing fractions and sound properties, this is a great tool to connect science, math, and musical concepts. Also on the site are programs that can be used to compose and explore with sound bars, directions for creating homemade instruments, and more.